Introduction

The current setup, sitting idle

Well, where to begin. It recently occured to me that I'm an Internet addict, and a Linux junkie. Therefore, when I have time off, I'm on the computer. A lot. Soon, I'm going to be married, and we both like to be able to use the computer. Dilemma: how do I juggle knowing she needs to use the computer, and my undeniable computer addiction? Add the fact that neither of us are exactly rich, and you see the dilemma. :^)

Well, the first thing we can remove from the list is buying a new computer. I went for broke last August and bought a low-end computer. (like I said, neither of us are rich :^) I've gone through a couple of minor upgrades, but it's still not all that spectacular:

As I said, nothing spectacular. The one thing that was definitely out of the picture was buying a new system. Nope, can't do it. I also didn't have an older system that could run Linux or Windows: I bought this system when my old '486 got fried by lightning. This left me with two choices:

1. Suffer
2. Get a life
3. Come up with another solution

Not liking the first two solutions :^) I decided to go with three. After some brainstorming, I realized that I had an old Tandy 1000 EX in my closet.

Next: What To Do?